A fee of $25.00 (taxes included) for administration purposes is required
for each entry.

Prizes: $6,000 grand prize, $1,000 each for four runner-ups, publication
in enRoute and more

Creative Nonfiction includes memoir,
biography, humour writing, essay (including personal essay), travel writing and
feature articles. While the events must be real and the facts true, creative
nonfiction conveys your message through the use of literary techniques such as
characterization, plot, setting, dialogue, narrative and personal reflection.
In works of creative nonfiction, the writer's voice and opinion are evident.
The work should be accessible to a general reading audience (i.e., not written
for a specialized or academic audience).

Fourth Genre: Explorations in Nonfiction,a
journal devoted to publishing notable, innovative work in nonfiction. Given the
genre’s flexibility and expansiveness, we welcome a variety of works ranging
from personal essays and memoirs to literary journalism and personal criticism.
Published twice a year. Guidelines for submissions here.

Fourth Genre also calls
for submissions for the annual Steinberg Essay
Prize

The judge for our 11th annual Fourth Genre Steinberg
Essay Prize had been previously announced in Poets & Writers and
the Writers Chronicle as the essayist, editor, and beloved
teacher Judith Kitchen, who passed away in early November, to the great sadness
of her current and former students, friends, and the larger community of
essay-writers everywhere. (Read a brief piece here.)

We at Fourth Genre have
asked one of Judith’s former students, Kate Carroll de Gutes, to judge this
year’s contest in Judith’s spirit. We hope to receive an abundance of lyric
essays, but all forms and modes are welcome.

The author of the winning essay
receives $1,000; the winning entry will be published in Fourth Genre 18.1
(February 2016). Reading fee: $209 U.S.

Brian Henry has been a book editor, writer, and creative writing instructor for more than 25 years. He teaches creative writing at Ryerson University. He also leads weekly creative writing courses in Burlington, Mississauga, Oakville and Georgetown and conducts Saturday workshops throughout Ontario. His proudest boast is that he has helped many of his students get published.